Andrea Syrtash, our relationship expert, is back and fielding reader questions today!
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ME: If you were a superhero, what kind of power would you want? HARLOW: Girl power. It’s when you’re a girl who saves your friends who are also girls.
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Game night usually starts off with someone saying, “You know what would be fun?” and ends with people crying for reasons that no one understands.
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05/10/16
12 Problems Dining Out with Kids
My kids are not acting in this video. This is what they do EVERY TIME WE GO OUT TO EAT.
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There’s nothing more heartwarming than your kid drawing a portrait of you that makes you realize it’s time to pluck your eyebrows.
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What is with soon-to-be dads and their incessant need for sandwiches???? Even his wife in labor can’t distract a man from his stomach.
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Mazzy saved our yard from unknown forces of evil the other day. In a dress, no less.
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Unless your job is “zookeeper” or “running back,” taking your kid to work involves sticking them in front of an iPad while you attempt to get 1/8 of the work done you would on a normal day.
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No matter how much hype you’ve heaped on the pretend food coming out of your little chef’s play kitchen, I’m guessing you would never recommend your toddler’s “restaurant” to others.
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04/26/16
Relationship Therapy: What Attracted You Initially, Probably Annoys the Crap Out of You Now
Andrea Syrtash, a relationship expert, talked to Mike and me for all of five seconds before she nailed our #1 problem.
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04/25/16
And This is How the Seder went Down
Harlow drank her first cup of grape juice so fast that when she opened her mouth to sing the four questions, a huge belch came out. And that was how our Seder began.
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If anyone was wondering if Harlow memorized the four questions, the answer is: she has memorized WAY MORE than that.
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04/19/16
Frozen is Far from Over
On Sunday, I took Mazzy and Harlow to a Frozen singalong led by Elsa herself, aka Idina Menzel. Of course, this makes sense to 6yo Mazzy but I bet 3yo Harlow was expecting something closer to a hologram of the cartoon.
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04/15/16
Mazzy Loses Her First Tooth!
After weeks and weeks of wiggling, Mazzy’s tooth finally fell out. Then she wrote a note, put her tooth under the pillow and waited for the tooth fairy to arrive.
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When I asked what you wanted about of in 2016, many of you said my marriage. Then I met Andrea Syrtash, a real life relationship expert, and I thought— why not use the blog for MARRIAGE THERAPY???
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